Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2021
Volume 66, Number 5
Saturday–Tuesday, April 17–20, 2021; Virtual; Time Zone: Central Daylight Time, USA
Session Index
Session K01: Coalescence Rates of Compact Binary Systems
Sponsoring Units: DGRAV DAPChair: Christopher Fryer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live |
K01.00001: Merger Rates of Binary Black Holes across Cosmic Space and Time Invited Speaker: Carl Rodriguez Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live |
K01.00002: Rates of compact binary mergers from LIGO/Virgo observations Invited Speaker: Thomas Dent Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live |
K01.00003: Inferring Neutron Star Merger Rates from Short Gamma-Ray Burst Observations Invited Speaker: Eric Burns Preview Abstract |
Session K02: In Honor of the Memory of Alvin Tollestrup
Sponsoring Units: DPF DPBChair: Young-Kee Kim, University of Chicago
Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live |
K02.00001: In Remembrance of Alvin Tollestrup Invited Speaker: Pier Oddone Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live |
K02.00002: When You Need Help, Call Alvin Invited Speaker: Robert Palmer Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live |
K02.00003: Alvin Tollestrup’s Achievements Relevant to Experiments – Recollections Invited Speaker: Vaia Papadimitriou Preview Abstract |
Session K03: Laser Based Tests of Fundamental Physics
Sponsoring Units: DAMOP GPMFCChair: Alexander Sushkov, Boston University
Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live |
K03.00001: Precision Microwave Spectroscopy of the Positronium n $=$ 2 Fine Structure Invited Speaker: David Cassidy Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live |
K03.00002: Radiation Pressure and Squeezing in LIGO Invited Speaker: Nergis Mavalvala Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live |
K03.00003: Constraints on new bosons from Isotope shift measurements in Ca+ Invited Speaker: Michael Drewsen Preview Abstract |
Session K04: The Pipeline for Physics Careers: Recruiting and Developing Precollege Students in the Era of COVID and Afterward
Sponsoring Units: DNP FEDChair: Lauren McIntosh, Texas A&M University
Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live |
K04.00001: An Online (But Hands-On!) Nuclear Science Camp: A Collaboration Between K-12 Teachers and a University Professor Invited Speaker: Paul Cottle Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live |
K04.00002: Empowering young women through role models and STEM education, and the unforeseen opportunities (and challenges) of virtual education Invited Speaker: Anna Llobet Megias Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live |
K04.00003: Playing To Our Strengths: Collaborative Models for Public Engagement in the COVID Era Invited Speaker: Michael Bennett Preview Abstract |
Session K05: #BlackinPhysics-Women Scientists Probe the Cosmos From Different Disciplines (Physics, Astronomy, & Chemistry) and Scales
Sponsoring Units: CSWPChair: Angela Hight Walker, NIST
Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live |
K05.00001: Toward a Differential Measurement of the Electron Neutrino CC1eNp Cross Section in MicroBooNE Invited Speaker: Katrina Miller Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live |
K05.00002: Detecting Biosignatures in the Atmospheres of Gas Dwarfs with JWST Invited Speaker: Caprice Phillips Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live |
K05.00003: Condensation of SiC Stardust in CO Nova Outbursts Invited Speaker: Kathleen Rink Preview Abstract |
Session K06: Engaging the International Physics Community
Sponsoring Units: FIPChair: Joseph Niemela, ICTP
Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:30PM - 2:06PM Live |
K06.00001: Precision Studies of Reactor Neutrinos: International Collaborations for Discovery Science Invited Speaker: Karsten Heeger Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:06PM - 2:42PM Live |
K06.00002: IAEA Activities in Support of Nuclear Physics Research and Applications Invited Speaker: Danas Ridikas Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:42PM - 3:18PM Live |
K06.00003: Physics Development in Iran Invited Speaker: Reza Mansouri Preview Abstract |
Session K08: Physics in Medicine: Imaging and Radiation
Sponsoring Units: GMEDChair: Wojtek Zbijewski, Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering
Session K09: Cosmology with Gravitational Waves
Sponsoring Units: DAPChair: Michele Vallisneri, JPL/Caltech
Session K10: Neutrino Astronomy: Methods and Results
Sponsoring Units: DAPChair: Tonia Venters, NASA/GSFC
Session K11: Spin Physics and Hard Scattering Processes
Sponsoring Units: DNPChair: Kent Paschke, University of Virginia
Session K12: Hadronic Physics I
Sponsoring Units: DNPChair: Alexandre Camsonne, Jefferson Lab
Session K13: Applications of Nuclear Physics
Sponsoring Units: DNPChair: Kay Kolos, LLNL
Session K14: Hydrodynamics in Heavy Ion Collisions
Sponsoring Units: DNPChair: Vicki Greene, Vanderbilt
Session K15: Mini-Symposium: Results from RHIC Beam Energy Scan II
Sponsoring Units: GHPChair: Matthew Sievert, New Mexico State University
Session K16: LISA Instrument Physics
Sponsoring Units: DGRAVChair: Paul Fulda, Univ. of Florida
Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:30PM - 1:42PM Live |
K16.00001: Charge Management Numerical Modeling and Experimental Demonstrations for the LISA Gravitational Reference Sensor Samantha Parry Kenyon, John Siu, Anthony Dávila Álvarez, Stephen Apple, Taiwo Olatunde, Timothy Sumner, Guido Mueller, Peter Wass, John W. Conklin Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:42PM - 1:54PM Live |
K16.00002: A UV LED-Based Charge Management System for the LISA Gravitational Reference Sensor Myles Clark, Ben Letson, Samantha Parry-Kenyon, Taiwo Olatunde, Simon Barke, Guido Mueller, Tim Sumner, Peter Wass, Mark Storm, John Conklin Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:54PM - 2:06PM Live |
K16.00003: Hardware Development and Environmental Test Results for the TRL 5 LISA Charge Management Device Ben Letson, Samantha Parry Kenyon, Myles Clark, Taiwo Olatunde, Simon Barke, Guido Mueller, Peter Wass, Mark Storm, John W. Conklin Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:06PM - 2:18PM Live |
K16.00004: The LISA Telescope Test Structure Alignment Analysis for Dimensional Stability Testing Ada Uminska, Jose Sanjuan, Soham Kulkarni, Joseph Gleason, Paul Fulda, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:18PM - 2:30PM Live |
K16.00005: Using Allvar to Create Near-Zero CTE Structures Suitable for Space Missions Daniel George, Soham Kulkarni, Ada Uminska, Joseph Gleason, Josep Sanjuan, Paul Fulda, Guido Mueller, Jeremy McAllister, James Monroe, Ilya Gavrilyuk Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:30PM - 2:42PM Live |
K16.00006: Picometer dimensional stability testing of the LISA telescope at the University of Florida Jose Sanjuan, Ada Uminska, Soham Kulkarni, Joseph Gleason, Paul Fulda, Guido Mueller Preview Abstract | |
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:42PM - 2:54PM Live |
K16.00007: Torsion Pendulum for Testing of Space Gravity Mission Technology Anthony Dávila Álvarez, John Siu, Derek Klein, Stephen Apple, Samantha Parry Kenyon, José Sanjuán, Timothy Sumner, Guido Mueller, Peter Wass, John Conklin Preview Abstract |
Session K17: Data Science I
Sponsoring Units: GDSChair: Dimitri Bourilkov, University of Florida
Session K18: Dark Matter with Neutrino Experiments and Other Techniques
Sponsoring Units: DPFChair: Yun-Tse Tsai, SLAC
Session K19: Searches for Low Mass Axion Dark Matter
Sponsoring Units: DPFChair: Rakshya Khatiwada, Fermilab
Session K20: Weak decays of heavy quarks
Sponsoring Units: DPFChair: Sheldon Stone, Syracuse University
Session K21: Inflation Probe SIG Minisymposium
Sponsoring Units: DAPChair: Kevin Huffenberger, Florida State University
Session K23: Why does APS fundraise?
Chair: Kevin Kase, APS
Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:00PM - 3:00PM |
K23.00001: Why does APS Fundraise? Preview Abstract |
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